{
  "id": 16192243,
  "title": "Report: US deported 980,000 migrants in 18 months under Trump, 71% had no criminal convictions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/report-us-deported-980-000-migrants-in-18-months-under-trump-71-had",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:06:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ajel English",
    "slug": "ajel-english",
    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/etvlwykcr"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the first 18 months of Donald Trump's second term, nearly 980,000 migrants were deported from the United States, according to a report by the Migration Policy Institute. Of those who had lived in the U.S. for two years or more, 71% had no criminal convictions, the report stated. The Trump administration's immigration campaign, justified as a measure to bolster domestic security, resulted in 20% of all deportations during this period involving individuals with criminal convictions. Human rights advocates criticized the administration's actions as violations of the law and criticized the measures taken against migrants and their rights. The administration's actions extended to visas, with the State Department canceling over 300,000 entry visas, including cases involving pro-Palestinian demonstrators.",
  "summary": "Nearly 1 million migrants were deported from the US in the first 18 months of Donald Trump's second term, with 71% having no criminal convictions, a report says.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}